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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 1998;27(8): 1039-1044. |
| Clinical Comparative Study of Cerebral Aneurysms in Young and Old Aged Patients. |
| Young Sun Jeon, Shi Hun Song, Hyeon Song Koh, Jin Young Yeom, Seong Ho Kim, Youn Kim |
| Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Taejeon, Korea. |
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| ABSTRACT |
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Among the four-hundred patients with cerebral aneurysms confirmed by cerebral angiography, we divided them into two age groups, one with ages 39 years or younger(young-aged group: 51 patients, 12.8%), and another with ages 65 years or older(old aged group: 45 patients, 11.3%). A comparison was undertaken in regard to clinical characteristics and overall outcome in two groups. In young-aged group, the female-to-male ratio was 2.2: 1 whereas, women was predominant by five times more in old aged group. Anterior communicating artery aneurysm was the most common site(43.1%) in young-aged group, unlike to old aged group where posterior communicating artery was the most common site(33.3%). The most common symptom was headache in both groups, and the hypertension was more frequent in young-aged group(45.5%) than old-aged group(33.3%). Surgery was performed in 43 patients(84%) in younger group, and 37 patients(82.2%) in elderly group. Young-aged group showed more favorable outcome(91%) than old-aged group(70%). |
| Key Words:
Cerebral aneurysm; Age; Clinical analysis; Prognosis |
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